Different PCR systems to detect Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites or bradyzoites in clinical specimens from patients with and without overt disease

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 1999, Pages

  Contini, Carlo ^a   Seraceni, Silva ^a   Cultrera, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYZOITE; DISEASE DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0033199012     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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